Vehicle-reach.



No; 860,785. 'PATENTED JULY 23, 1907.

. M BISBING VEHICLE. REACH. APPLICATION FILED JUNE'B. 1906.

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MAIILON BISBING, OF ROCK 1SLAND, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO VELIE CARRIAGE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE-REACH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed June 9,1906. Serial No. 321,076-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that hIAHLON BISBING, of Rock Island, county of Rock Island, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicle- Reaches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle reaches, and has reference more particularly to that type used in buggies and light vehicles and comprising usually a reach proper of wood, a metallic reach-plate applied to the under side of the wooden reach, and perch-irons applied to the ends of the reach and serving as a means for connecting the same to the vehicle body, usually to the head-block or fifth-wheel at the front and the rear axle at the back.

The invention consists in an improved form of reachplate designed to impart to the structure great strength and durability, and in combination with said reachplate, a perch-iron constructed to be applied to the ends of the reach, and of a form to cooperate with the reachplate in such manner as to produce a firm, rigid and durable connection between the ends of the reach and the parts of the vehicle to which it is attached.

The invention consists also in the details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a reach having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation through the rear end of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line aa of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar section on the line bb of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the reach-plate and perch irons separated.

Referring to the drawings: 1 represents the reach proper, usually of wood and preferably of substan- 3 5 tially rectangular form in cross section.

2 represents a reach-plate, which in accordance with my invention, is in the form of a channel plate of U- form in cross section, and applied to the under side of the reach, with the side flanges of the plate extending along the sides of the reach, and the ends of the plate extending a short distance beyand the ends of the reach.

4 represents a perch-iron for the rear end of the reach, which perch-iron is in the form of a plate having a forward extension 5 applied to the upper side of the wooden reach, vertical side flanges 6, extending at the sides of the reach, a central depending lug 7 extending downward at the end of the reach and seated snugly in the channel or socket in the extended end of the reachplate, and a vertical shoulder 8 bearing against the end of the reach-plate, beyond which shoulder the perchiron is formed with a rearward extension 9 adapted to underlie the rear axle and be connected therewith. The perch-iron is connected firmly to the reach-plate and intermediate reach proper by means of two bolts 10 and a strap bolt 11, the former extending downward through the extension 5 of the perch-iron, the reachplate and the intermediate reach, and having nuts applied to their ends; while the strap bolt passes through the depending lug 7, and the extended end of the reachplate and over and around the rear axle, and finally through the rearward extension 9 of the perch-iron, the ends of said strap-bolt having the usual confining nuts applied.

The perch-iron at the forward end of the reach is of substantially the same construction as that described and is applied substantially in the same manner, being formed with a rearward extension 12 applied to the upper side of the reach and secured thereto by bolts 13 extending through the extension, the reachplate and the intermediate reach; and being provided further with a depending lug 14 extending downward at the end of the reach and seated in the channel in the extended end of the reach-plate, and having a shoulder 15 bearing against the end of the reach-plate and havinga second shoulder 15 bearing against the end of the wooden reach proper, the lug being firmly secured and held in the socket of the reach-plate by means of a bolt 16 extending through said lug and reach-plate and having a nut applied to its lower end. Beyond the shoulder, the perch-iron is formed with a forward extension 17 having holes therethrough to receive bolts for attaching the same to the head block or fifth wheel.

By the construction described it will be observed that the perch-irons are interlocked with and connected to the reach-plate and reach proper in such manner as to effect a firm and rigid connection of the parts, the seating of the lugs in the channel of the reach-plate serving to prevent lateral slip or shifting of the parts, and the shoulders 8 and 15 and 15 on the perch irons acting, by bearing against the ends of the reach and the forward end of the reach-plate, to prevent endwise shifting of the parts.

By forming the reach plate with a longitudinal channel and side flanges, between which the reach proper is seated, the latter is rendered stiff and strong, and by the extension of the ends of this channel plate beyond the ends of the reach proper, sockets are formed to receive the depending lugs on the perch-irons, by which means the latter are firmly interlocked with the reach plate, and the construction as a whole is rendered very strong, firm and durable.

In order that the side flanges of the reach plate, where they extend along the sides of the reach proper, may not project beyond the sides of the reach and may be flush therewith, the reach proper is beveled or rabbeted at opposite sides of its base, as shown at 1, Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1'. In combination with the reach proper, a reach plate applied to the under side of the same and provided with Vertical flanges extending along the opposite sides of the reach, said plate and flanges being extended at their end beyond the end of the reach, a perch iron applied to the reach proper, a depending lug on the perch iron seated in the reach plate between the flanges on the extended end of the same, and means for securing said parts together.

2. In combination with the reach proper, a reach-plate having a flat horizontal portion and two side flanges, said reach-plate being applied to the under side of the reach proper and embracing the edges of the same, and extended at its ends beyond the ends of the reach proper, perchirons applied to the upper sides of the reach proper at its ends, depending lugs on the perch-irons extending downward at the ends of the reach proper and seated between the flanges of the extended ends of the reach-plate, and fastening bolts extending through the lugs of the perchirons and through the reach-plate and serving to hold said parts in fixed relations.

3. In combination with the reach proper, a reach plate consisting of a horizontal body portion seated against the under side of the reach proper, two continuous vertical longitudinal integral flanges extending along the sides of the reach proper and beyond the ends of the same so as to present at its extremities channels or sockets, perch irons applied to the upper sides of the reach proper at opposite ends, depending lugs on said perch irons extending downward between the extended flanges of the reach plate and bearing against the opposite ends of the reach proper, and means for securing said parts rigidly together.

4. In combination with the reach proper, a reach plate applied to the under side of the same and having vertical flanges extending along the sides of the reach and projecting beyond the ends of the same, a perch iron applied to the upper side of the reach, a lug depending from the perch iron and seated between the extended flanges of the reach plate, said lug being provided with a shoulder 15X bearing against the end of the reach, and said perch iron being provided with a shoulder 15 bearing against the end of the reach plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this fourth day of June, 1906, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

MAI'ILON BISBING.

Witnesses:

FRED H. 000mm, DAVID W. CoNNnLn. 

